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rough breathing

noun

Etymology

Calque of Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).

  1. derived from δασὺ πνεῦμα
  2. calqued from spīritus asper

Definitions

  1. Aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.

  2. A diacritic (῾ (h)/◌̔) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this…

    A diacritic (῾ (h)/◌̔) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἁ, ῥ.

The neighborhood

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